Puzzle.



C. E. BICK.

PUZZLE.

APPucATxoN FILED SEPT. 30, 1915.

1,1 85,868. pafentedune 6, 1916.

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CHARLES E. BICK, OF DIXON', ILLINOIS.

PUZZLE. v

Specification of Letters Patent. y Patented June 6, 1916.

Application filed September' 30, 1 915.. Serial No. 53,265.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known th-at I, CirAnLns E. Bion, a resident of Dixon, in the county of Lee and Sta-te of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Puzzles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to puzzles.

The object ofthe invention is to provide a puzzle by which an impression may be given to a person unable to comprehend the manner in which it is carried out, that the person making the demonstration has mystical or occult powers. v

The invention consists in the novel features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan of the puzzle embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is` a plan of the disk which is movable to expose different numerical designations into view through an opening in the board having the annular series of characters. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l.

The improved puzzle comprises a sheet or board 10 formed of stiffl material, such as l fiber-board or wood, having on its top face a circumferential series of characters 11, such, for example, as pictures. These pictures or characters may be printed on the board or placed thereon in any suitable manner. A radial slot 14 is formed in the sheet or board 10, and this slot terminates adjacent or at a point in associated relation with the circumferential series of characters 11. This slot is to expose radially disposed numbers or,

numbered designations 18 on a disk 15, which is rotatably connected to the board 10 by a rivet 16 and suitable washers 17. The disk 15 is -provided with these designations 18, so any series thereof may, by rotation of the disk, be exposed through the slot 14:.

A personv not familiar with the puzzle is requested to secretly conceive of a number and to count such number commencing the count outwardly on the radial designations 18 exposed through slot 141 and thence downwardly or upwardly the series on the characters 11 and then t0 count the conceived number backwardlyand entirely on the circumferential characters 11, co-mmencing where the count first ended. Regardless of the number conceived, the

count will always stop on the picture or character above or below space 12, which is removed from said space a count equal to the exposed numbered designations V18, so that the person in possession of the key to the. puzzle can indicate, without knowing the.

number conceived by the other person, 'that picture upon which the count will stop by counting on the circumferential series, commencing at space 12 in reverse direction to that in which the secret number was first counted. For example, if, as shown in Fig. 1, 5 is the highest numerical designation of the exposed series 18 and the count is requested downward from the radial series, the back and forth count will, regardless of the number conceived, stop on .the fifth picture, 11a. If count upward is requested, then the count will stop on 11b. Obviously, by rotating the disk to bring different numbers or series 18 into view through slot'lli,

the picture or character where the count will y The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details shown, since these may be modified within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, in lieu of pictures, other characters may be used and in lieu of numerals 18, other characters, such as points or dots, may be used.

'Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A puzzle comprising a board having a circumferential series of characters thereonl and an element connected to the board and provided with designations ofdifferent numerical values, saidl element being movable to bring the designations of different values into associated relation with the circumferential series, so that when an' aggregate count Vis made of the value of the associated designations and in one direction therefrom on the circumferential series, and then a reverse count of the same aggregate is made entirely on the circumferential series ythe character upon which the count stops may be ascertained from the designations.

2; A puzzle comprising a board having a circumferential series of characters thereon and an element connected tothe board and provided with designations of dierent numerical values, said element being movable to bring the designations into associated relation with the circumferential series so that When an aggregate count is made of the value of the associated designations and in one direction therefrom on the circumferential series, andthen a reverse count of the same aggregate is made entirely on the circumferential series the character upon Which the count stops may be ascertained from the designations, said element being disposed under the board, the latter having a slot therein through Which they designations in associated relation to the circumferential series are exposed.

3. A puzzle comprising a board having a circumferential series of characters thereon, and a rotatable element connected to the board and provided With radially disposed series of numerical designations rotatable into associated relation with the circumferential serie-s, the latter being extended both Ways from the point Where a. series of designations ,is associated to the circumferential series, so that when an aggregate count is made of a series of designations and in one direction therefrom on the circumferential series7 and then a reverse count of the same aggregate is made entirely on the circumferential series, they character in the circumferential series upon which the count stops may be ascertained from the series of designations in associated relation to the circumferential series.

4. A puzzle comprising a board having a circumferential series of characters thereon and an element connected to the board and provided With dierent sets of designations each set having a different number of elements, the element connected to the board being movable to bring the different sets of designations into associated relation with the circumferential series, so that when an aggregate count is made of the associated Vset of designations and in one direction therefrom on the circumferential series and then a reverse count of the same aggregate is made entirely on the circumferential series, the characternpon which the count stops may be ascertained from the designations.

CHARLES E. BICK.

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